In an alternate universe in which Jake Elliott's 61-yard field goal had faded a little further right, sending Sunday's game into an overtime won by the New York Giants, the talk of the city would be Doug Pederson's decision to go for it on 4th and 8 in the second quarter. No matter that the Eagles defense ended up barely preventing the Giants from taking advantage of the field position with a goal-line stop on the ensuing drive, or that there was a full second half to play.

Even in this universe, there's plenty of focus on Pederson's aggressive decision already, so we once again got in touch with Facebook data scientist Sean Taylor to crunch the numbers. Taylor, a die-hard Eagles fan himself and thus highly invested in the results, has tweaked the original code for the New York Times' 4th-down bot.

The Situation:

Up 7-0 and coming off a touchdown on their previous drive, the Eagles faced a 4th and 8 from the Giants'...